"WE'RE NOT ANIMALS".

A Few weeks ago this guy (about 45 year old) staggers out of a Chipper carrying a bag of chips and chewing on a chicken leg and swigging from a can of coke  gets into Waffler's taxi.

He puts the opened can on the floor behind Waffler ,"Oh o",thinks Waffler,"I don't want any spillages".

So Waffler picks it up and holds it while the guy buckles himself in.

"We're not all animals you know",says the guy as he sucks the last of the chicken leg.

"Sorry?",says Waffler.

"Us Travellers,we're no different to anyone else",says the guy.
"Sorry ,Boss but some of ye buffers piss me off",he says.

"Yeah,no problem",says Waffler,"What's a Buffer ?".
"Don't tell me you don't know what a buffer is?",says the guy.
"You're a buffer,all settled people are buffers",he says.
"Oh,i see,"says Waffler,"Anyway where are you off to?",says Waffler.

The guy tells Waffler where he's going and then says,"I'll tell you what,I'll give you 20 euros?".

The Waffler is happy with that and before he answers the guy says,"Do we have a deal,Boss?"..

"Yeah that's grand ,can you pay me now?", says Waffler.

The guy starts rummaging through his pockets and eventually hands Waffler 3 notes.

"That's 15 euros i gave you",he says.

Waffler looks at the notes,2 were 5 euro notes and the other was a receipt for, funny enough a 5 euro pint 

of Heineken.

"That's only 10 euros you gave me,buddy",says Waffler.

"No that's 3 fivers i gave you",he says.

Waffler show's him the receipt.

"Okay ,so ",says the guy and he takes out a handful of coins and hands them to Waffler.

"Here take what i owe you out of that and take a euro tip for yourself",says the guy.

Waffler takes the extra euro and thanks the guy.           ."Lets shake on it,Boss,that's our custom when a deal is done we shake hands",says the guy,as he offers his hand to Waffler to shake.. Finally they head off towards their destination.

"I live in a halting site",he says.

"Practically everyone on our site is related to each other,brothers,sisters,first cousins,second and even third

cousins",he says. "Every community has good and bad",he says.

"A lot of the buffers think we're all bad",he says.

"We have our ways and buffers don't understand us",the guy says.
"We eat,shit and piss the same as anyone else",he says.
They both have a laugh.

They get to their destination and shake hands.

Turns out the guy was sound.
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P.S.

Maybe it's an age thing as any problem the Waffler had before not only with Travellers but with other

people ,they have mainly been young,and of course alcohol is always a big factor plus other kinds of substances.  

There's always psychos out there regardless of their age or what community they're from ,but thankfully not too many.

The trick is you have got to try and avoid picking up any nutcases ,you only have a few seconds of a window before you pick someone up to decide if you think they are going to be troublemakers.................Oh the joys of a Taxi-Driver..................